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Patent GB-190002710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electricity Meters.
Inventor: MORDEY WILLIAM MORRIS
Filed: 1900-02-10
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 2710. Mordey, W. M., and Fricker, G. C. Feb. 10. Quantity meters.- Clockwork geared t o a counter is driven by a spring or weight, and has an escapement controlled electromagnetically only, so that it stops in an extreme position when no current is passing, but otherwise is returned to a middle position by the actiun of the current to be measured, its momentum continuing the movement ; the escapement and clockwork thus move at a rate proportional to the current passing. The escapement may consist of an ordinary escape-wheel and an anchor having a forked arm, which engages an eccentric pin on a shaft l, Fig. 4, carrying an armature n. This may be a non-conducting disc carrying several parallel soft iron wires. It oscillates within stationary coils o carrying the current to be measured, or a proportion thereof, placed so that they tend to set the armature wires axially, as shown, and the anchor in its middle position. The conditions of proper working, and suitable dimensions, are specified. The armature may otherwise be a small bundle of wires, or a thin strip of iron, situated between stationary iron poles, which either extend inward from the ends of an open rectangular core, or are the middle limbs of two separate E-shaped cores. The current to be measured passes through coils surrounding the armature and the pole-pieces or the outer limbs of the E cores, to obtain proportional readings. The outer limbs of E cores repel the armature from its extreme positions. To prevent the armature from being stopped in its middle position if the current increases while it is moving slowly, the armature may carry a small weight tending to move it to either side. Or the main current coil may be short-circuited while the armature is near its middle position, by providing the armature shaft l with a flat surface to drop an autifriction wheel 1<a>, Fig. 5, and a switch lever 1, at that time, making contact at 4. In a modification, this contact connects a solenoid in parallel with the main current coil, the solenoid then moving a core and spring switch to short-circuit itself and the main coil. The clockwork may be provided with automatic winding- apparatus.
Patent GB-190003758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Wheels and Axle for Motor Propelled Road Vehicles.
Filed: 1900-02-27
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 3758. Thornycroft, J. E., and Thornycroft Steam Waggon Co. Feb. 27. Motor road vehicles. -Relates to driving- wheels separately mounted to rotate on the axle, and driven through springs as described in Specification No. 6828, A.D. 1899. According to this invention, a sleeve S at each side, free to rotate on the axle A, supports at its central part one of the bearings R, on which rests the corresponding vehicle bearing-spring F, This sleeve carries at its outer end a block B to which the springs L are attached, and at its inner end a gear-wheel G. To enable the two wheels D to be locked together when desired, friction clutches are provided for making the wheels fast to the axle. The clutch may be a cone clutch, or an internal or external band clutch. The external band clutch is shown in Fig. 1. On the wheel D is secured a drum U embraced by a band T, the ends of which are attached to an arm M rigidly fixed to the axle. The band may be tightened when desired by a screw and nut.
Patent GB-190003923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus.
Filed: 1900-02-28
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 3923. Lake, H. H., [Soc. f³r Gebrauchs- Reklane-Artikel Pincus & Co.]. Feb. 28. Sale apparatus for books and newspapers. Each article lies on a hinged shelf a, which is supported by a catch b pivoted on a vertical post p and by a pin s on the shelf underneath. The catches, being provided with projecting pins m, are tripped in succession by a cam-arm k, l, which projects from a slide i upon vertical guide-rods n, o. The slide is lifted by a chain h, which is wound up from one shelf to the next by clockwork g, running after each prepayment. Coin action.-The coin dropped down a shoot d falls on a counterweighted lever e, which is connected by a link f to a detent engaging the clockwork. The detent is disengaged to let the clockwork run down till it re-engages automatically.
Patent GB-190006385-A (GB)
Title: Improved Methods of and Apparatus for Electrically Separating the Relatively Volatile Liquid Component from the Component of Relatively Fixed Substances of Composite Fluids.
Inventor: COOLEY JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1900-04-05
Granted: 1900-05-19
Abstract: 6385. Cooley, J. F. April 5. Drawings to Specification. Gelatine.-Gelatine is obtained from its solutions in the form of threads or filaments by delivering the liquid in the form of spray or thin streams into an electric field formed by a current of high tension. The threads are collected upon moving belts, rollers, liquids, &c.
Patent GB-190015729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, Furnaces of Steam Boilers with Induced Draught.
Filed: 1900-09-04
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 15,729. Brown & Co., J., and Wallace, W. C. Sept. 4. Induced - draught steam - generator furnaces ; air, supplying ; smoke-consuming.-In connection with watertube boilers, for land or marine use, in which fans or other draughtinducing appliances are employed in the uptake, air-supply passages are arranged to convey heated air from a heater H in the uptake or elsewhere, and deliver it to a chamber M behind the firebridge, whence it is discharged into the ashpit or conveyed through passages in the walls of the furnace and delivered through perforations at e above the fire level ; or it may be discharged partly into the ashpit and partly above the fire, a flap valve d being fitted in the chamber M. Fig. 1 shows a furnace with low longitudinal division walls, one of which is shown at P<1>, containing perforated air-supply passages. Such passages may also be arranged in the back and front walls of the furnace. The air may be heated in a hollow casing, or in any suitable form of heater.
Patent GB-190017786-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Obtaining Power from the Water Pressure at a Ship's Bow.
Inventor: SHAPLAND ROBERT
Filed: 1900-10-06
Granted: 1900-12-22
Abstract: 17,786. Shapland, R. Oct. 6. Driving-gear. - Relates to means for obtaining power from the water pressure at a ship's bow and utilizing it in the propulsion of the vessel or to drive electric-lighting plant, pumps, or other machinery. The bow of the vessel is designed to accommodate a water-current motor, which may be enclosed above by a cover e. The motor consists of a pair of side hubs d<2> and a central disc d<3>, with floats d<4>, d<5> between. The floats d<5> are tangential to the hubs and are secured to them and the disc, while the floats d<4> are shorter and are secured to the disc only. Both sets are inclined, as shown, to throw the water outwards.
Patent GB-190100903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Syphonic Discharge Apparatus.
Inventor: ADAMS SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1901-01-14
Granted: 1901-09-07
Abstract: 903. Adams, S. H. Jan. 14. Sewage and foul waters, treating ; bacteriological processes; tanks.-Relates to siphonic discharge apparatus for use in connection with bacterial filter beds, sewers, and for other purposes. In the form of apparatus shown in Fig. 2, the siphon a discharges into a trap g, provided with a weir d, the upper level of which is just below the level of the extremity h of the siphon. The weir may be provided with an outlet in the form of a V-shaped notch. In another form of siphonic apparatus, the discharge pipe d, Fig. 6, of the siphon a extends above the level of the intake c, and an auxiliary discharge pipe i is fitted to the pipe d. For the purpose of interrupting the action of the siphon, when the level falls in trap g, and of re-starting it when the level rises in the siphon chamber, an air pipe l may be fitted to the siphon. The siphon may discharge the liquid into a channel provided with an adjustable sluice for controlling the action of the siphon. A siphonic apparatus for filter beds or tanks comprises a siphon of the kind shown in Fig. 6, but provided with a bent pipe or overdraw arm, which discharges liquid through the siphon from a compartment separated from the filtering-media by a perforated partition.
Patent GB-190104350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Incandescent Gas Burners
Inventor: GREEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-03-01
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 4350. Green, W. March 1. Incandescent g a s burners. - Anti-vibration devices for supporting burners and burner fittings comprise springs b attached to screws b', which may be adjusted vertically by nuts b<4> relatively to the ends c<2> of rods c mounted on a disc d screwing upon the gas bracket or fitting, a gas governor or regulator formed with a heavy casing e to act as a steadying- weight, and an indiarubber or flexible connection, shaped either as shown at f, or as a horizontally-arranged U-tube, of which one leg is formed by an india-rubber or flexible tube.
Patent GB-190105168-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Indophenolthiosulphonates from Sulphurised Indophenols and of corresponding Sulphurised Compounds.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-03-11
Granted: 1901-06-22
Abstract: 5168. Imray, O., [Society of Chemical Industry in Basle]. March 11. Pigments.-Aqueous solutions of indophenoltheosulphonates obtained by special reactions yield with sodium chloride, barium chloride, alum, zinc salts, &c., coloured precipitates applicable for making lakes.
Patent GB-190106105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rupture Trusses.
Inventor: CHAMBERS WILLIAM ROBERT OWEN
Filed: 1901-03-23
Granted: 1902-03-06
Abstract: 6105. Chambers, W. R. O. March 23. Trusses.-Trusses are provided with removable washable covers. The back-pad has a cover B, secured on its outer face by lugs and studs. The washable strap C is looped on to a pivoted frame c, and has a securing-tab c<3> at its free end. The pressure spring G is provided with an adjustable end piece g<3>, secured in the slot g' and secured to the pressure pad by a bolt the rounded head of which rests in a slotted spherical cavity E in the back-plate d<3> of the pad. The pad is formed of an air or water filled rubber cushion covered with asbestos and a washable cover,which is secured by lacing over an inner back-plate. The inner backplate is secured to the outer back-plate by screws.
Patent GB-190110448-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Impregnating Wood and the like with Preservative or other Fluids.
Inventor: LEBIODA GEORG FRIEDERICH
Filed: 1901-05-20
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 10,448. Lebioda, G. F. May 20. Wood, treating for preserving &c.-Relates to improvements in the wood-treating apparatus described in Specification No. 5193, A.D. 1900. The improvements consist in providing a separate removable tube for each piston of the bell-shaped cutters, to facilitate repairs; an apparatus which enables the wood to be impregnated from both ends without it being necessary to take the conducting-, pipes apart when the cover of the apparatus is opened for the purpose of introducing the wood ; and a device which admits of the apparatus being filled and emptied as quickly as possible. Fig. 3 shows a section of one tube 1 with a piston 2 for forcing the bell-shaped cutter into the end of the log or plank of wood. The fluid for pushing forward the piston is admitted by the pipe 11, and for forcing back the piston by the pipe 12. The fluid for impregnating the wood is admitted by the pipe 13 to the closed tube 10, and, passing through the hollow piston-rod to the bell 3, is forced into the wood, against which the bell is pressed. By unscrewing the socket 9 and the bell 3, the staffing- box 5 and the .piston 2 can be removed, for renewing the packing or for other repairs ; by unscrewing the cap 8, the stuffing-box 4 can also be removed for repairs. Each set of apertures 12, 11, and 13 are connected by tubes with three separate reservoirs, mounted on the hinged end of the main receptacle and supplied from a pipe in line with the pivot of the hinge. After the bell-shaped cutters have been forced into the wood, the main receptacle is rapidly filled by opening a gridiron piston valve actuated by hydraulic pressure. This valve is shown in section in Fig. 5. Communication is established between the inlet and outlet pipes 26 and 25, through a series of apertures 24 in the piston 23. Communication is cut off by displacing the piston valve by means of a hydraulic piston 28 working in a cylinder 29.
Patent GB-190113470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Variable Speed Driving Gear.
Inventor: VEULLE FREDERICK HENRY DE
Filed: 1901-07-02
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 13,470. Veulle, F. H. de. July 2. Motor road vehicles, variable-speed gearing for. In gearing in which the wheels are constantly in gear, the clutch mechanism is arranged so that the loose wheels cannot be thrown into action except when the main driving-clutch is disengaged, and only one speed can be engaged at a time. The free ends of clutch levers g, g<1> are adapted to engage between pairs of lugs on bosses i, i<1> secured in different angular positions on a sliding rock shaft j, which is connected to the lever q of the main clutch b. In the position shown, the lever g is so engaged and its clutch f is in action ; the upper end of the lever g<1> is pressed to the right by springs on its pivots and its clutch is disengaged. In order to change the gear, the shaft j must be moved to the right ; this can be effected only by turning the lever q, and thus disengaging the main clutch ; the boss i<1> is now opposite the upper end of the lever g<1> so that when the shaft is turned, by means of a rack and pinion, its lugs engage with that lever, and the lugs of the boss i<1> move clear of the lever g ; thus when the main clutch is again thrown into gear the clutch lever g<1> moves its clutch into action ; any number of clutches may be actuated in this way. The invention may be applied in connection with belt or chain gearing.
Patent GB-190118156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Hoisting and Conveying.
Inventor: MORGAN CHARLES HILL
Filed: 1901-09-11
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 18,156. Morgan, C. H. Sept. 11. Rolling.-Relates to a travelling crane specially designed for transferring bars from rolling-mills to stock bins. A number of carriages 14 are adapted to run on parallel overhead rails 10 reaching from the collecting-rollers B to the bins C. The carriages are fixed on a common pipe so that they move together. From each carriage depends a lifting-dog, the lower end of which consists of two rods 22, 59, connected by spursectors 21, 20, and fitted with side arms or prongs 23, adapted, when facing one another as shown, to form a support for the bars to be transferred. Each dog is carried by a rack 19 which engages with a pinion for raising and lowering on the carriage 14. This carriage is driven by an electromotor M which can, by means of magnetic clutches, be geared either to a train to drive the carriage on the overhead rail, or to a train to raise and lower, by means of the rack 19, the lifting-dog. The rods 22, 59 gearing by the sectors 20, 21 are rotated simultaneously by a transverse rope attached to radial arms on the rods 59 to effect the rotation of the arms 23. In practice, the carriages t4 are brought over a bundle of bars on the rollers B. The arms 23 are then swung open, and the dogs are lowered until the arms 23 are below the bundle, when they are rotated inwards to meet as shown. The bundle thus picked up is transferred by the carriage 14 and lowered into the bins until, by means of a contact S, the lowering is automatically stopped, when the rods 59 are rotated to operate the arms 23 and drop the load.
Patent GB-190118824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pince-nez or Eye-glasses.
Inventor: GOLDMAN SIGMUND LUDWIG
Filed: 1901-09-20
Granted: 1901-10-26
Abstract: 18,824. Goldman, S. L. Sept. 20. Eyeglasses.-A short arm C, pivoted at A' to the rim, carries a pivoted plaquet D. An extension D<2> slides in the tubular ends B<1> of the fixed bridge. A spring E tends to press the pivots D' downwards, and the plaquets inwards. The invention has special reference to pince-nez of the kind described in Specification No. 14,295, A.D. 1897.
Patent GB-190203995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Valves or Ports and Pistons, and the Means of Controlling them of Engines Operated by Steam or other Expansive Fluids.
Inventor: JOY DAVID
Filed: 1902-02-17
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 3995. Joy, D. Feb. 17. Starting; expansion, varying; cushioning reciprocating parts ;compound engines; pistons.-Relates to engines of the kind described in Specification No. 5640, A.D. 1901, and comprises means for controlling the direction of starting, regulating the expansion, relieving back-pressure, and compounding. To cause the engine to start in either direction at will, small ports n, o, p, Fig. 1, and a valve q are provided, so that each cylinder, on receiving steam at the commencement of the stroke, shall pass a portion on to the next piston in advance, or to the one following, according to the setting of the valves q. These are all adjusted simultaneously by a shaft R, Fig. 2, with arms S. A single plug valve T may be employed for all the cylinders, in place of the valves q, as shown in Fig. 3. The cut-off may be controlled at the inlet a, Fig. 1, by raising or lowering the upper or lower part of the gland l by means of a rack-and-pinion movement worked from outside. The expansion may be regulated in another manner by providing an inner piston P' in the main piston P by which the space in the piston used as a reservoir may be reduced or enlarged. The movement of the inner piston may be produced by admitting fluid under pressure by the valve U and releasing it by the valve U' or by some equivalent pumping action. These valves may be regulated by the governor through the lever Q. To prevent excessive compression, small ports V are provided, which, through a cavity X in the main piston in the adjacent cylinder, are put into communication with the exhaust by ports Z during compression, but at other times are closed. For compounding these engines, a low-pressure cylinder may be placed below each high-pressure cylinder, the pistons of both being in one piece, and passages are so arranged that steam passes from each high-pressure cylinder to each following low-pressure cylinder and so on round the circle of revolution.
Patent GB-190205354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extensible Tables.
Inventor: GIOLITTO PIETRO
Filed: 1902-03-04
Granted: 1903-01-08
Abstract: 5354. Giolitto, P., Bonati, C., and Gattoni, R. March 4. Tables.-Relates to expanding dining &c. tables. The top is in four parts 1 having dovetailed strips 3 which work in corresponding slots 4, 4, 4, 4 in the frame 5, 5. When the parts 1 are slid outwards, extra leaves, each in two parts hinged together, are turned on axles 10<x>, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, until they are level with the parts 1, which are then pushed inwards. Catches 6 hold the parts 1 in the outer position. One pair of leaves 8 fill up the central part of the gap between the parts 1, 1, and two pairs 8<x>, 8<xx> fill up the rest of the gap. In order to make a table intermediate in size between the ordinary and maximum size, the extra leaves are made in three parts, as shown in Fig. 10. The smaller and outer portions of the central leaf are connected at the outer ends 15, and the middle part is held in the same plane as the outer parts by rotating crossbars 18. Springs 19<x> <x> hold the three parts of the side extra leaves sufficiently apart to allow the projections 20<x> to be clear of holes in the central part while being turned.
Patent GB-190209570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Power Presses.
Inventor: CHALLEN WALTER BERNARD
Filed: 1902-04-25
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 9570. Challen, W. B. April 25. Stamping.-In power presses employed for the production of coins or for other purposes, means are provided for preventing damage to the dies or press tools on their coming together with no blank between them. The means consist of a triggerdevice arranged to act upon the well-known automatic stop-motion so that the closing of the dies is prevented. In the application to a coining- press, Fig. 1, the rod A is connected at one end with the grippers B of the feeding-mechanism and at the other end with the trigger-piece C which engages a stop D on the rod E. The rod E connects the hand-lever F with the lever G of the automatic stop - motion. Should the feediugmechanism fail to extract a blank from the hopper, the closing of the empty grippers will disengage the trigger from the collar and permit the rod E to descend under the action of the automatic stopmotion and stop the machine.
Patent GB-190225600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Tables.
Inventor: ALSTYNE EDWARD PAYSON VAN
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-02-19
Abstract: 25,600. Alstyne, E. P. van. March 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Trunks.-Relates to a folding table which may be supported on a trunk &c. for reading, writing, displaying samples, &c. The top is in two parts, hinged together and held extended by a pin 12 passing through holes in the battens 10. The legs are bent as shown in Fig. 3, and are secured between battens 13,14 by pins 19<a> passing through an eye 19 and through holes in the battens. The table when folded may be placed in the trunk.
Patent GB-190227740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mowing Machines
Inventor: LATIMER JOHN WARDEN
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 27,740. Latimer, J. W. Dec. 16. Mowing-machines.-Relates to detail improvements in mowing - machines, affecting, more especially, the parts relating to the driving and adjusting or lifting of the cutting-apparatus. The main shoe G is pivoted to a swivel-hinge F mounted on the usual bar for coupling the shoe to the end of the arm of the main frame in which the cutterdriving shaft is mounted. The finger-bar G<1> is secured to the shoe G. A post f, integral with the swivel-hinge F, is connected by an adjustable twopart link p<1>,p<2> with a hand-lever H having a spring latch working in connection with a fixed quadrant h. The lever H, with its connections is employed to tilt the cutting-apparatus as required. A gag lever is pivoted on the swivel-hinge F. One end of the lever bears upon a lug on the shoe G in such a position that, when the lever is operated, the cutting-apparatus is raised sufficiently to pass over obstructions on the ground, and to turn at the corners of the field. A block k is secured to the finger-bar G<1> immediately over the shoe G, and to it, is pivoted a standard K. The lifting chain L is secured to the standard K, passes over a guide-pulley l<1>, and is connected at the other end by a link l<4> to the lever L<2> having an arm l<7> to which a spring L<3> is connected by a curved link l<6> so arranged that the spring only comes into action to assist in raising the finger-bar. Means, forming no part of the invention, are indicated for maintaining the finger-bar in its raised position by means of the gag lever above referred to. The knife-bar is driven by a connecting-rod M<2>, M<3> formed in two parts pivoted together by a bolt carried by a forked hanger M<1> pivoted in the swivel-hinge F. The rod M<2> is journalled by a ball joint on the crank-pin ; this form of attachment allows the cutting-apparatus to be tilted without producing any cramping of the parts. The rod M<3> is suitably attached to the head of the knife-bar.